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Careers and Further Education

Kick-start your career after graduation

The University of Mannheim helps its graduates with their transition into work by providing lists of employment opportunities, giving advice on founding a company, and offering mentoring programs, for example. Don’t hesitate to take advantage of the support we offer on the way of finding your first job.

Careers

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Founding a Company in Mannheim

We support you throughout the process of turning your idea into a business.

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Career Network

This career platform provides information for both students and businesses and offers job application trainings, workshops, and lists of vacancies.

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Mentoring Program

Students who sign up to Absolventum’s mentoring program are allocated a mentor, who can advise them on career-related topics.

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Job Opportunities

Lists of internships and job vacancies produced by the university, the schools, and the departmental student committees, all in one place.

With our STEP by STEP program, we help international degree-seeking students enter the German labor market.

Further education at the University of Mannheim

Language Courses

German as a foreign language, Arabic, Danish, English, French, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish ....
As an international university, we offer courses in more than 20 languages.

Management Courses

The Mannheim Business School is one of the leading institutions for management education in Europe. Its core offering consists of international MBA programs, taught entirely in English, which may be studied on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Studium Generale

The Studium Generale offers a wide variety of courses. You can attend, for example, a language course or test, a course in IT or rhetoric, presentations on current topics, or theater classes. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Soft Skills Courses

Experts with practical experience teach students relevant, career-related skills, such as presentation and communication skills, and time management.

Kids’ University

University is just for grown-ups? No way! Lecture series are held twice a year for young students aged eight and over. The lectures take place in the university’s lecture halls at the Schloss, so school pupils can see what studying is really like.

Senior Citizens and Guest Students

The Guest Student and Senior Citizen Program is open to those who would like to tackle scientific topics after, or alongside, their work or family commitments.